Privy seat



July 11, 195o B CULLUM A 2,514,537

PRIVY SEA-T Y Filed July 9, 1947 i `Illl Il Il II Il.

l?? @WMM/1M glfofzey Patented July 11, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTJoFFIcE PRIVY SEAT Bertram L. Cullum, Atlanta, Ga., assignor of one# half tol George P. Hardin, Atlanta, Ga. l

Application July 9, 1947, Serial No. 759,736`

My invention relates to a seat for outdoor toilets or prvies.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a seat for outdoor toilets or privies which is light, comfortable, sanitary, and inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a seat having means to prevent insects or vermin from attacking the user of such seat.

A further object is to provide a device of the above mentioned character formed of material which is smooth to the touch and very readily cleaned.

A still further object is to provide a removable privy seat having liquid insecticide carrying means, and means to facilitate the replenishment of such liquid insecticide without removing the seat from the privy.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the privy seat embodying my invention, showing the seat cover in a partially raised position,

Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the seat, the same being shown in f.

position in a privy, the seat cover being shown closed,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2, and,

Figure 4 is a reduced horizontal section taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2.

In the drawings, where for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numberal Ill designates a vertical plank forming part of the seat structure of a privy. The privy seat structure also includes a horizontal member or plank Il having the usual hole I2.

Removably mounted upon the privy seat structure is a generally flat horizontal rectangular seat member I3, preferably formed of suitable plastics material, and provided with a forward depending flange or skirt I4, formed integral therewith, and providing a large smooth radius I4'. The horizontal seat member I3 has the usual seat hole I5, and this hole I5 has its upper edge rounded as at I5. A raised portion or shoulder I'I is provided near the rear end of the seat member I3, and this raised shoulder extends laterally across the seat member. HingeS I8 are 2 l provided near the opposite ends of the raised shoulder I1 and are securely mounted thereon. These hinges are attached to a hinged seat cover I9, which is preferably rectangular and dat, and formed of plastics material. The'seat` cover I9 is provided with a central recess or notch 20 in its lower surfacec and vforward end, to serve as a finger grip for lifting the cover I9. The rear edge of the hinged cover I9 is disposed adjacent to the forward vedge of the raised shoulder I'I when the cover is in the closed position, Figure 2, and the arrangement of the hinges I8 upon the shoulder I1 permits the cove I9 to lie fiat upon the seat member I 3. i The 'numeral 2| designates a tubular downwardly flared skirt, preferably circular in horizontal cross section, and this skirt' includes an annular horizontal flange 22 to engage the lower surface of the seat member I3. The tubular skirt 2l is rigidly 'secured to the horizontal seat member I3 by means of screws `23, or the like, and the hole I5' in the seat member registers with the inside diameter' ofthe .flange 2'2 in assembly, -tov form' a smoothdnner surface free from recesses or cavities. The skirt 2| extends downwardly from the seat member I3 for a substantial distance, and is provided at its lower end with an external annular U-shaped insecticide trough 24 formed integral therewith. This trough 24 is preferably semi-circular in transverse cross section. The skirt 2l is formed of plastics material. The flaring side of the tubular skirt 2| has a small opening 25 near the vertical center of such side, and this opening is maintained closed from the outside by means of a cover 23. The cover 26 is securely attached near the lower er1-d of a suitable leaf spring 21, which in turn is securely mounted upon the external surface of the skirt, 2l, Figure 3. The opening 25 is recessed from the outside, forming a shoulder 25 to engage the forward :face of the cover 26. In use, the device is mounted upon the seat structure of a privy, as shown in Figure 2, and the seatmember I3 rests upon the horizontal member Il. The depending flange I4 may engage the vertical member I!) of the privy. This arrangement prevents the user of the privy from contacting with splinters, or the like. The flared tubular skirt 2l is disposed within the hole I2 of the privy, and the cleanliness or sanitation of the device is increased due to the fact that the skirt 2| flares outwardly toward its lower end. The annular trough 24 may be i'llled with a liquid insecticide while the seat is in place within the privy. In order to fill or refill the trough with insecti- 3 eide, it is merely necessary to insert the neck of a bottle through the opening 25 from the inside of the skirt 2l. The spring 2l carrying the cover 26 will yield when the bottle neck engages the cover 25, and the cover will swing outwardly. The insecticide may then be poured down the side of the skirt 2| and into the trough `24. In filling the trough, the holder of the bottle projects the same through the opening l'and it is unnecessary to touch the device with the hands.

`When the bottle containing the insecticide is withdrawn from the opening 25, the cover 26 will snap shut automatically to cover the opening. vThe purpose of the insecticide trough 24 is to prevent vermin or insects from attacking the user of the privy seat. In order to do this the insects would have to travel down the outer surface of the ared skirt 2| and through the trough containing the liquid insecticide Where they would be exterminated. The device may be removed bodily from the privy when desired, and it is quite light.

.Since the device is formed `entirely of plastics material it is smooth and veryeasily cleaned.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown .and Mdescribed is to be taken as a preferred .example of the same, .and that various changes in the shape, size, 'and arrangement .of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of -the subjoined claims.

`1Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim is:

1. -A .privy seat, comprising a seat member havF ing an opening thereinan annular skirt secured to the seat member adjacent to theropening and 4 posed upon the outer side of the skirt adjacent to the side opening for covering the same, and a. spring secured to the skirt for moving the closure member inwardly to seat the same, the arrangement being such that the closure member may be moved outwardly by a container held within the skirt and opens outwardly when engaged by the container so that liquid insecticide may be poured down the outsideof the skirt.

2. A privy seat, comprising a'seat member having an opening formed therein, an annular skirt secured to the seat member adjacent to the opening and depending therefrom and being longitudinally tapered and increasing in diameter downwardly and having a side opening, the lower end of vthe annular skirt being open, the skirtl being bent atts lower end to form a substantially horizontal integral external trough surrounding the Vskirt and adapted to receive a liquid insecticide, the trough being disposed radially outwardly of the side opening, a closure member mounted upon the outer side of the skirt adjacent to the side opening for covering the same, and a spring secured to the skirt for moving the closure member inwardly to seat the same, the arrangement being such that the closure ,meme Aber may be moved Voutwardly by a container held Within the skirt and opens outwardly when engaged by the container so that the liquid .insecticide from the container vmay be poured down the outside of the flared skirt and into the trough.

BERTRAM L, CULLUM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file Yof this patent:

UNITED `STA'I'ES PATENTS Number Name Date 264,315 McAuliiTe r Sept. 12, 1882 -917,274 Farmer Apr. 6, 1909 930,748 Fitzpatrick Aug. 1.0, 1909 1,288,488 Bold Dec. 24, 1918 

